This is awesome news for everyone that has learned to love Windows 7 in its beta and release candidate versions. It is awesome news for me because I love Windows 7.
See the
official announcement for Windows 7 for more information. Also see the official announcement for Windows Server 2008 R2
here.
To summarize the announcement:
- Build 7600 is the RTM build for Windows 7
- General Availability to be October 22nd
- Lots of new Powershell cmdlets for Windows Server 2008 R2
- Big improvements in Hyper-V and Live Migration
- DirectAccess
- Many other great improvements
Whooo hooo! I am excited and can't wait to install the RTM code.